UT Commencement Approaches 1,000

Published: Apr 27, 2007

University of Tampa spring Commencement continues its run of
record-setting numbers, this year breaking the 900 mark for the first
time with about 100 more students than walked in last year’s ceremony.
On Saturday, May 5, at 10 a.m., more than 700 should receive bachelor’s
degrees, with more than 200 slated for master’s degrees and two set to
receive associate degrees at the St. Pete Times Forum. The total
includes about 200 August graduates.

Elizabeth Ann Baker of
Sarasota graduates at the head of the class of 2007 with a perfect 4.0
GPA. The management major and entrepreneurship minor also is one of more
than 60 projected Honors Program graduates.

While Baker is the
only summa cum laude candidate this spring, 49 graduate magna cum laude
(GPA 3.75 or higher, but less than 4.0), and exactly 100 exit with cum
laude recognition (GPA 3.5 or higher, but less than 3.75).

Among
the students walking for master’s degrees, five are expected to
graduate with honors (GPA 3.9 or higher, but less than 4.0), and one,
Mark Graeme Thompson of West Harbor-Auckland, New Zealand, receives his
MBA (with a specialization in finance) with highest honors (4.0 GPA).